George S. Patton Sr.

George Smith Patton Sr. (26 June 1833-25 September 1864) was a colonel of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
George Smith Patton Sr. was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1833, the son of congressman John M. Patton and the brother of Waller T. Patton; he was a great-grandson of American Revolutionary War general Hugh Mercer. Patton graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1852, second in a class of 24 students, and he became a lawyer in Charleston, West Virginia. When the American Civil War broke out, he became a captain in the 22nd Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States Army, rising to become its colonel. Patton was wounded and captured at Scary Creek on 17 July 1861 and later injured at Giles Court House. On 19 September 1864, Patton was wounded by a shell fragment at the Third Battle of Winchester as his brigade was sandwiched in between Thomas Devin's Union cavalry and George Crook's infantry, and he died from his wounds on 25 September 1864.